A Review of the Description and Measurement of Qualifications for Dentistry and Dental Training

'pull' teeth in the like manner" (20). About 1700, efforts were made in France to set up standard qualifications for dentists. Pierre Fauchard (father of modern dentistry), in 1728, gave an account of what may be done with the teeth, showing an attempt at job analysis, finally ending up with a statement of the qualifications for dentistry?"all of these operations (dental) demand a skillful, steady and trained hand and a complete theory" (20). The early training of dentists was by apprenticeship. Many dentists had no specific training. Any one who cared to 'pull' teeth and perform other surgical operations was at liberty to do so. We thus find goldsmiths, barbers, blacksmiths, even one of historical fame (Paul Revere), and others who possessed "good strength" practicing dentistry along with other vocations. In 1840, the first dental school was opened in Baltimore. This event has been considered as the beginning of dentistry as a pro-